It feels good to be a texan when it comes to the books being right there are alot of team that have to slim their roster this year bec they are over the cap.... Mostly the Cowboys and Jets. There are a few teams that have alot of money to work with but let them throw around big money for names that are being over valued. hopefully it shows we can keep our guys ._________________My Teams
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Charles Woodsen will be released by the Pack soon. Any interest from us? I havnt paid much attention to the Pack, so idk how his play has declined, but if he passes through waivers and sign realitivly cheap, do we bring him in as the 3rd safety?_________________
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Freeney and Woodson could be interesting pick ups for the Texans. Only scenario I think likely where one of them would come here is if the Texans lose out on Barwin/Quin and Freeney/Woodson come at a discount to make one more run at a ring, like a 2 or 3 year deal as we draft their eventual replacement as per our MO.

Upon looking at the numbers though. I'm not sure I'd like either one. Woodson is 36 and coming off of a shortened season with little productivity. Freeney is 32 and played through an entire year as a 3-4 backer with only 12 tackles and 5 sacks. Someone can fill me in more on the situation, but that to me looks like over the hill and misused/over the hill._________________"You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas."
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The Eagles has supposedly told DT Cullen Jenkins that he will be cut. Any interest?

Also supposedly the 9ers have a trade in place for A.Smith, but cannot announce it til the new league year starts in mid March. I wonder which team it is, the rumor is KC._________________
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The Eagles has supposedly told DT Cullen Jenkins that he will be cut. Any interest?

Also supposedly the 9ers have a trade in place for A.Smith, but cannot announce it til the new league year starts in mid March. I wonder which team it is, the rumor is KC.

Took half a second for me to realize you were talking about Alex Smith, not Antonio Smith (there are seven A. Smith's in the league including 2 on the 49ers). All the ill-informed posts around here that want to ditch Antonio because he is 31 and makes a decent paycheck have me a bit spooked.

BTW - Aldon Smith might be the Defensive Player of the Year if Justin Smith didn't get hurt and show how vital block gobbling 3-4 DE's are in helping pass rush OLBs rack up sack totals. Putting Antonio Smith into a d-line rotation with Justin Smith, Ray McDonald and Isaac Sopoaga with Willis, Bowman, Aldon Smith, Brooks behind them might force the NFC offenses to just go ahead and concede 2013 and start working on 2014. Kevin Kolb just got hurt for 4 weeks thinking about it..._________________

$#%* Brady! I mean if he was on our team, I'd love him, but really taking A LOT less money in a contract extension is a class act putting the team first but it screws over the rest of the NFL......I want my blanky_________________
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$#%* Brady! I mean if he was on our team, I'd love him, but really taking A LOT less money in a contract extension is a class act putting the team first but it screws over the rest of the NFL......I want my blanky

Note to Texans: time to find a supermodel with a net worth of $250 million+ in her own right to pair up with JJ Watt, so his salary requirements are mitigated. Normally I laugh when people talk about how players who restructure have made some sort of sacrifice for the team ("darn - you mean you want to pay me my entire salary in advance this year and add high dollar years to the end of my deal - i guess, but just because I'm a team player..."). However, in this case Brady appears to flatly be taking less overall dollars regardless of the conversion into guaranteed years. Since it's that Pats, I do suspect that this did not come without additional undisclosed benefits such as the ownership share/post career deals baseball folks like Pujols are getting. Also suspect to see Brady and Belichick go out together..._________________

$#%* Brady! I mean if he was on our team, I'd love him, but really taking A LOT less money in a contract extension is a class act putting the team first but it screws over the rest of the NFL......I want my blanky

Note to Texans: time to find a supermodel with a net worth of $250 million+ in her own right to pair up with JJ Watt, so his salary requirements are mitigated. Normally I laugh when people talk about how players who restructure have made some sort of sacrifice for the team ("darn - you mean you want to pay me my entire salary in advance this year and add high dollar years to the end of my deal - i guess, but just because I'm a team player..."). However, in this case Brady appears to flatly be taking less overall dollars regardless of the conversion into guaranteed years. Since it's that Pats, I do suspect that this did not come without additional undisclosed benefits such as the ownership share/post career deals baseball folks like Pujols are getting. Also suspect to see Brady and Belichick go out together...

There will be jubilation around the NFL on this day!_________________
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Since it's that Pats, I do suspect that this did not come without additional undisclosed benefits such as the ownership share/post career deals baseball folks like Pujols are getting. Also suspect to see Brady and Belichick go out together...

Wouldn't/Couldn't that be viewed as a circumvention of the CBA and a salary cap violation? According to Forbes, the Pats are worth slightly over $1.6B; Even a 5% ownership stake in this franchise would net out to $80MM, which is about $10MM less than what Peyton Manning's current contract is worth in Denver (Manning's deal is also paid out over a 5 year period, with several bonuses tied to it; Manning might not see all of that $90MM).

In essence, a 5% stake in the Pats would be (at minimum) a guaranteed $80MM (assuming that one of the top teams in the NFL doesn't lose value in between now and the end of TFBs career). Even a 1% claim to the team equates out to about $16MM - roughly twice as much as Brady is slated to make now, in line with what Eli Manning makes in a season.

Great idea in principle, but I know the NFL would come crushing down on the Pats for this._________________